by Mark Allen Staff Writer Before listening to this album, you should probably make an appointment with a dentist to have your mouth wired shut, because there are moments on Mercury’s Down that will drop your jaw to the floor unless you take prior preventative precautions. The album as a whole is [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer If the late Ronnie James Dio, the voice of hard rock and metal, were to pass the “metal” torch to anyone then he most certainly passed it to Jorn Lande, to keep the flame burning brightly for all to see and hear. He was indoctrinated with the honor of taking [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Riding the wave of success from their latest release, Forevermore, David Coverdale and Co. are back with a new live album that celebrates both the band’s 30+ year history and ongoing presence. Oh wait, this isn’t new…this show was recorded way back in 1990. [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but when it comes to music, is everything worth the wait? Black ‘N Blue’s last studio effort was in 1987, with the underrated In Heat … and we’ve been waiting ever since. It’s not like the band turned into a bunch of [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Black N Blue lead singer Jaime St. James checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss the making of and the release of their long-awaited fourth studio effort, Hell Yeah!; some of the travails they went through to get this album to see the light of day; specific songs [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer With a trio of high-quality studio albums under their belt—or would that be collar?–The Poodles have proven that they are anything but a broke dick dog when it comes to the hard rock game. The title of their fourth effort, Performacracy, means “to rule by [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Guitarist Dave Henzerling — aka David Michael Philips — of King Kobra checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about the band’s brand new self-titled release; how the band got back together with mastermind Carmine Appice; how the band hooked up with [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer After achieving multi-platinum success in the late ‘80s by injecting their blues-based roots with a healthy helping of hair-metal sheen, Whitesnake began to slowly shrivel up and ride off into the sunset of irrelevance, partly due to the grunge invasion, partly due to a [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Fresh from a world tour celebrating their 40th anniversary, and now signed to Frontiers Records, UK rock legends Uriah Heep are back with a new studio album. Into the Wild is the band’s 23rd studio album, and it finds the band in very good form, picking up right [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer Fluid yet tight, sleek but full of roiling rock intensity – Mr. Big’s new record “What If” released earlier this month is perhaps the band’s most self-assured album to date. Proving that the supergroup’s 2009 reunion after 7 years apart is more about [...]
